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Re a "UK walking style" there is Freemap, my own (long-standing) project, which has gone through a number of ups and downs (mostly due to hosting difficulties and lack of time to work on it) but has had a number of style improvements this year due to having
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It aims to distinguish between the different types of walking routes, in particular public rights of way and permissive paths.</div>
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It doesn't use the standard Mapnik approach, but kothic.js, which is a client-side rendering library which takes GeoJSON data and MapCSS compiled into JavaScript.<br>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> Mark Goodge <mark@good-stuff.co.uk><br>
<b>Sent:</b> 24 July 2020 14:41<br>
<b>To:</b> talk-gb@openstreetmap.org <talk-gb@openstreetmap.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Talk-GB] Surveying rural buildings</font>
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On 24/07/2020 13:20, Martin Wynne wrote:<br>
> > but most people I know aren't aware of OSM.<br>
> <br>
> I've been trying to persuade country-walking groups to use OSM. There is <br>
> a lot of useful stuff there not shown on OS Explorer -- stiles, kissing <br>
> gates, benches, bus stops, all pubs, cafes, etc. It's a lot more <br>
> up-to-date, and if they find anything missing they can add it themselves <br>
> for the benefit of others.<br>
> <br>
> Most of them go back to OS Explorer when they find UK public rights of <br>
> way are not shown in different colours on the OSM standard map.<br>
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Yes; this is an issue specifically for map users on foot. With roads, <br>
the question of legality is much less of an issue - almost all roads of <br>
any significance are public highways, and those that are not are usually <br>
clearly marked as such. But with footpaths and farm tracks in open <br>
countryside, there is often no obvious visual distinction, and yet the <br>
legality is a critical factor to users. This is an area in which OS maps <br>
are much more useful to walkers.<br>
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On the other hand, one of the areas where OSM is better than OS is that <br>
we map permissive paths, which OS tends not to unless they are big <br>
enough to also be usable by vehicles (and even then, it doesn't have any <br>
means of indicating permission).<br>
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This is one of the reasons why it would be nice to have a UK-specific <br>
stylesheet for OSM. The data is there, so there's no reason why it cant <br>
be rendered. Or, alternatively, a dedicated "outdoors" stylesheet which <br>
focusses on hiking, biking, etc.<br>
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Mark<br>
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